Posted: Dec 14, 2016 8:57 pm
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for October 2016 tied with 2003 as the third highest for October in the 137-year period of record, at 0.73°C (1.31°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F).
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2016 will be the hottest year on record, UN says | Environment | The ...
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Nov 14, 2016 - ... Organisation figures show global temperature is 1.2C above pre-industrial levels and will set a new ... Monday 14 November 2016 06.02 EST.
in keeping with the Paris accord targets
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Paris Agreement. ... a long-term goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels;; to aim to limit the ...